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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec;

/**
 * ObjectCache. Interface for maintaining objects associated with a task.
 */
public interface ObjectCache {
  /**
   * Add an object to the cache
   * @param key
   * @param value
   */
  public void cache(String key, Object value);

  /**
   * Retrieve object from cache.
   * @param key
   * @return the last cached object with the key, null if none.
   */
  public Object retrieve(String key);
}
